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how many cx riders will change to discs on there next purchase?
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Posted 4 months ago #
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Now I've calmed down, I think there will be a place for both cantis and disc.
For some reason I felt like discs were about to be imposed onto me, so whilst it might be the norm in the future for me there's no rush. Next bike will have cantis.Quick edit; Looking at our colonial cousins during their Nats, the disc wasn't that obvious.
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What does that say on the left leg??
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druidh i can't see that pic from here but I'm going to guess it's the shorts of the new Garmin Barracuda team kit...
Interestingly, for followers of the big disc-brakes-on-road-bikes debate, you'll find a Magura logo on the bib shorts of the new Garmin-Barracuda kit. * Just saying...
from road.cc
*I've edited out their mistake to save confusion
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swapping wheels would be a problem.
I do it between bikes occasionally and because not all hubs rotors and calipers are identical you need to recentre by loosening the two bolts and then realigning the caliper.
Granted, not a hard job but much harder than just putting in a new wheel with rim brakes and slackening off the cable using the cam on the brake (quick fix).
Having said that it would be easy to fix within a team as they could standardise but not so for neutral service vehicles. Maybe they'll come up with something like wider pad clearance or make it possible to adjust (like they can already on some?). If there is money and advantage in it they'll work it out.
The advantages on long alpine days and wet days would be worth it though.
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No-one seems to have mentioned the advantage discs may offer around mud clearance.
I recall one race last year (my local in North Devon) that featured a particularly boggy woodland section. I ended up having to dismount and clean the filth out from around the brakes on each lap. I was convinced at that point that cantis just weren't up to the job.
Obviously this wouldn't be a problem for pros with a jet-wash in the pits, but for a fat numpty like me, it'd really help.
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Ive been wandering; when the UCI allow discs for road, would that be incentive for hub manufacturers to standardise? we all know cycling needs more standards
but it would get around neutral service issues...
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Everyone seen the Cervelo P5 launch? Not the news expected from Magura but interesting all the same.
Magura/Cervelo's reasons for not doing road discs:
• Less weight due to [the fact that there’s no need for] stiffened frames and forks and special hubs with unsychronized forces.• Better aerodynamics – disc/rotor and calliper create a lot of drag.
• Rim brakes are UCI approved, disc brakes are not.
• Braking power. The biggest friction diameter on a wheel is the rim.
• Easy wheel change.
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I hadn't thought about the easy wheel change bit. It's a good point.
Maybe there'll eventually be some development done around this that we can then benefit from for mountain bikes.I can imagine the aerodynamics point can be worked around - the caliper could be integrated fairly easily into the smooth profile of the fork leg I'd imagine.
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Hydros by Magura on Road CC
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And a nice powerfull Cycleworks jobbie. cable only.
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Beautiful looking brake there oldgit.
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well my new cx bike is built and its Frogglegs thats doing the stopping (or not)
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Somewhat disappointed by the new Magura brake when I saw it a few days ago. Hardly groundbreaking theyve just tarted up a 15 year old brake HS66/77 anybody.....
And TT only and thats where they will stay with no shifter.
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Road compatible version out later in the year but sounds like it will be another cable-hydro conversion job.
OldGit - They are lovely, the bike tart raves about them on a regular basis.
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Speaking to U.S.E and there slimline minimal solution should be in the shops in the next few months. Another cable/hydraulic solution but quite an elegant one.
No idea on price yet but looks like you will be able to use any calipers so could be cheaper esp if you have a spare pair of MTB brakes knocking around.
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